The power of mindful learning
By: Ellen J. Langer.
Publisher: Addison-Wesley
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Reading, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 167
Subjects: Learning.; Attention.; Thought and thinking.; Cognition.
Description: In business, sports, laboratories, or at home, our learning is hobbled by certain antiquated and pervasive misconceptions. In this pithy, liberating, and delightful book she gives us a fresh, new view of learning in the broadest sense. Such familiar notions as delayed gratification, "the basics", or even "right answers", are all incapacitating myths which Langer explodes one by one.

She replaces them with her concept of mindful or conditional learning which she demonstrates, with fascinating examples from her research, to be extraordinarily effective. Mindful learning takes place with an awareness of context and of the ever-changing nature of information. Learning without this awareness, as Langer shows convincingly, has severely limited uses and often sets one up for failure.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-156) and index.
"Merloyd Lawrence book."